,,,,,,,~*& &*~,,,,,,,
,,,,,~^@@# #@@^~,,,,,
,~~^*@&### ###&@*^~~,
,~~^*@&#@# #@#&@*^~~,
,~~^*@&#@# #@#&@*^~~,
,,,,,~*&&@ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @&&*~,,,,,
,~~^*@&#@# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #@#&@*^~~,
,~~^*@&&#@ ~ ~ ~ ~ Elves Live In The Land ~ ~ ~ ~ @#&&@*^~~,
,~~*@&#@## ~ ~ ~ ~ Beyond The Great Dam. ~ ~ ~ ~ ##@#&@*~~,
,~~^***&&# ~ It Was Built In The Late Sixties. ~ #&&***^~~,
,~~^*@&### ~ ~ ~ The Elves Came To Us Then. ~ ~ ~ ###&@*^~~,
,~^*@&#@## ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##@#&@*^~,
,~~^*@&#@# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #@#&@*^~~,
,~~^*@&#@# They Were Very Manipulative, And We #@#&@*^~~,
,~~^*@&#@# Came To Trust Them. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Us #@#&@*^~~,
,~~^*@&##@ Kids Would Play Down At The Water Even @##&@*^~~,
,~~^*@&### Though We Were Not Allowed. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ###&@*^~~,
,~~^*@&#@# ~ ~ Sometimes The Sluice Would Close #@#&@*^~~,
,~~~^^^@#@ Entirely, And The River At The Dams @#@^^^~~~,
,,,,~~^@@& Foot Would Dry Up, Revealing The Rocky &@@^~~,,,,
,~~^*@&&&@ Water Garden That Had Been Hidden @&&&@*^~~,
,~~^*@&#@# Beneath, And We Would Go There. ~ ~ ~ ~ #@#&@*^~~,
,~~^*@&#@# ~ ~ ~ ~ Before The Dam Opened Again, #@#&@*^~~,
,,,~~^***& There Would Be A Signal, But The Elves &***^~~,,,
,,,,,~*@&& Would Make Us Not Hear It, And Suddenly &&@*~,,,,,
,,,~~^@@#@ We Would Find The Water Rising, Already @#@@^~~,,,
,~~^*&#@## At Our Knees. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##@#&*^~~,
,~~^*@&#@# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #@#&@*^~~,
,,,,~**@## ~ By Then The Elves Would Be Gone. ~ ##@**~,,,,
,~~^*@@&&& ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ &&&@@*^~~,
,,,,,~^*&# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #&*^~,,,,,
,~~^*@&#@# #@#&@*^~~,
,,~~~^**&& &&**^~~~,,
,~~^*@&#@# #@#&@*^~~,
~~^*@&#@## ##@#&@*^~~
,,,~~^^@&# #&@^^~~,,,